Briana V. review for Dermatology and Laser Centre

I have never experienced an MD push a patient to get on a drug until I met Dr. Kramer. On our first visit, she suggested Cosentyx. I said I would do my research. I had more flare ups so I went to her again to treat them. This time as soon as she walked in asked about Consentyx. I said I was still thinking about it and was hesistant. She went on a rant trying to gaslight me into taking the drug. Asking me what is different this time since she knows my life would be better…first of all, no one knows how my body will react unless I take it. It was about almost 10 minutes of her questioning my decision. It was intimidating to have a MD question me in that manner. I honesty wish I could record our conversation becaue it was wild. Back to back questions from her. I told her I am concerned about weight gain and she lied and told me most patients see weight loss with Cosentyx…. Google that fact yourself… most patients see the opposite. I shared with her my experience with accutane, paxil, and being put on a cocktail of 3 antibiotics for 3 months and all she said was “this is nothing like that”. She was annoyed that when she finally injected me with the steroids on my flare ups she stated this doesn’t treat them it just puts a bandaid on it… and didn’t count to 1-2-3 like she did last time… she just wanted to rush through it. It was awkward, intimidating, and first time I experienced an MD try to coerce, gaslight, and try to trick me into taking a drug. Cosentyx is an immunosuppressant. It should not be taken lightly. She never asked about my sleep, current lab work or past medical history. From the 1st visit to the second and last was exactly 2 weeks… I am convinced she is a drug dealer with à lab coat on. She should be investigated because her behavior was illegal. I remember her stating that my HS was in stage 3, but I went to another dermatologist today and she stated my HS looks good and well taken care of. I went over my skincare routine and she asked me great informative questions and was very happy to see that my method is working. I did tell her that I know with age the probability of me needing help via medication goes up but I just wanted to hold off until I needed them. She agreed and gave me advice to stop for 2 weeks and proceed for 6 weeks and stop for 2 weeks again to make sure my skin doesn’t start to resist the products I use already. She also went over all the medication she would suggest and I asked my questions and that was it. No push, no coercion, no gaslighting.